Extreme Almightiest Young Master

Chapter 242: Encountering a Forced Demolition

"That’s my dad! Brother Lin Feng, stop the car quickly!" As the car had just entered the gate, Lin Jie, who was inside the vehicle, spotted her father outside among a group of people. She immediately signaled to Brother Lin Feng to stop the car. She couldn’t believe that her dad would be standing at the entrance of the village, confronting those who were there to demolish it. How dangerous!

"We can’t stop here, there are people everywhere. Let’s drive in and then find a place to park," Lin Feng glanced around at the crowd and also saw his parents with Uncle Lin Dongchen. He felt nervous. How could his parents have come to such a dangerous place?

The moment the RV entered the village, Lin Feng asked the driver to stop, then took Lin Jie by the hand and hurried off the vehicle straight to their parents.

"Son, how come you arrived in this car?" Zhang Lan was surprised to see her son leading Lin Jie down from the super luxury RV. She had never seen her son use such an extravagant car before. What was going on?

"Lin Jie, why are you here too?" Liu Li was stunned to see Lin Jie and Lin Feng getting off the luxury RV together. How did her daughter get here? This place was so chaotic and unsafe!

"We borrowed the car from a friend. What’s the situation now, mom?" Lin Feng casually asked his mother. The current circumstances didn’t seem to be good; he wanted to understand the situation before doing anything else.

"I came back with Brother Lin Feng. Mom and Dad, why did you run over here? What exactly has happened to Lin Family Village? How did the demolition turn into this?" Lin Jie was relieved to see her parents were okay, but then, looking at the confronting crowd, she wondered why her parents and Uncle Lin had come to such a dangerous place. She quickly went to Liu Li’s side, took her mother’s arm, and quietly stood there.

"In short, someone is trying to forcibly demolish Lin Family Village. All of us are here to prevent them from doing so; we’re in a standoff right now!" Zhang Lan briefly explained the situation to her son. Now wasn’t the time for detailed explanations.

"Oh, I see. Mom and Dad, have you found a solution yet?" After hearing his mother’s words, Lin Feng understood the current situation. No wonder everyone around was holding shovels and broomsticks—they were trying to stop the demolition team from entering the village. He hadn’t expected that forced demolitions could happen everywhere, even in a small place like Lin Family Village.

"What solution can there be? Right now, all we can do is block them here and prevent them from entering the village. They already came once last night. The village chief’s son, Lin Xueyou, has already been injured by them," Zhang Lan said anxulously. Despite the urgency, no solution was in sight; their only option was to stand their ground.

At that moment, the loudspeaker of the demolition team’s side sounded again. Li Dahe had just received another call from Bi Huihuang, who had ordered him to start the demolition today no matter what; otherwise, Li Dahe would have to find his own way out. The tone of the phone call implied that if Li Dahe didn’t demolish the buildings himself, Bi Huihuang would take matters into his own hands. This put Li Dahe in a tough spot. He had just seen the young man who got out of the luxury RV join the crowd, indicating he was with the villagers. Li Dahe knew this was not someone he could afford to provoke, but neither could he provoke Tiger Bi. He had no choice but to take a hard stance against one side.

"People of Lin Family Village, we are the personnel responsible for the demolition of Lin Family Village. I hope you all can cooperate with our work, voluntarily clear the way, and let us complete our job. You have no right or reason to stop us, as we have all the necessary documents and agreements. We are carrying out the demolition legally and legitimately," Li Dahe had said this many times already, but it still held no deterrent effect. There had been a conflict the night before, and the clash resulted in two of his men being hospitalized!

"Keep dreaming, unless we’re lying down, you’re not getting into the village."

"We won’t let anyone touch our homes!"

"If you want to go through, you’ll have to step over my body!"

"Unless I am dead, you can dream on about entering."

...

The villagers grew even angrier when they heard Li Dahe’s words. None of them had ever thought they would face eviction one day. Suddenly, the demolition team showed up out of nowhere, claiming their legitimacy with documents nobody understood, and bringing along all that heavy machinery, looking as if they intended to resolve the matter by force. They had already fought them off the night before, and now, here they were again, displaying the same attitude. The villagers were adamant; their homes couldn’t be demolished—where would they live then?

"You are openly defying the law. If you continue to obstruct us, we will have to enforce it!" Li Dahe had little hope for the villagers’ compliance from the start. The confrontation from last night had made things clear, and today was merely a formality. He was not surprised by the villagers’ reaction; had he been in their shoes, he would have refused to leave his ancestral home as well. But with orders from his superiors and the chairman, he had to carry out the demolition, no matter how reluctant he was.

"This is law enforcement; you can’t stop us."

"Exactly, move aside quickly!"

"If you don’t clear out, we will take action!"

...

The members of the joint demolition team, upon hearing what their leader Li Dahe had said, immediately echoed his words. Everyone was now overwhelmingly frustrated. The demolition work had never encountered such a troublesome situation before. In the past, at most it was just a few people causing trouble, and after arresting them, the matter would be settled. But today, there were hundreds of villagers blocking the way, and even if they wanted to make arrests, they dared not. If arrests were made, there would definitely be a conflict, and that would be bad news. Who could control a chaotic fight if it broke out? Weren’t some people injured just like that last night? Now, the only thing they could do was to scare these people, to see who could outlast whom. There was simply no solution if they refused to move!

"That guy on the opposite side, don’t even think about stepping into the village tonight. I, Old Man Lin’s word is laid down here—as long as this old bag of bones is here, I won’t let you enter the village," the elderly village chief Lin Guangyi, his hair completely white, declared, holding a dry pipe in his hand and directly shouting at Li Dahe. He was the leader of these people. If he didn’t speak up, the others wouldn’t leave.

"We were taught a lesson last night. Don’t force us to take action again, otherwise more people will get hurt." The village chief’s son, Lin Xueyou, still had a bandage wrapped around his head, with traces of blood seeping out, obviously from last night’s incident. Already furious, he hadn’t expected the demolition team to return today. If he didn’t care about his father, Lin Guangyi, being the village chief, he might have already charged at them. These people really made his blood boil; even beating them to death wouldn’t quell his anger. Clutching a long wooden stick, he stood beside his father to protect him.

"Try moving forward again, and we won’t be polite!"

"If you step forward, we’ll take action!"

"No matter what you say, we won’t let you enter the village.

"Move forward and we’ll hit you, we didn’t hesitate yesterday!"

...

Seeing the arrogance on the other side, the villagers were already enraged. These people were despicable; they had come the night before saying the same thing, and after a few words, forcefully tried to charge inside. As the villagers were unprepared, they forcibly captured several individuals at the edge of the village and then pushed down the houses that had no one in them. Afterwards, the village chief organized people to drive them out. Unexpectedly, tonight, these people dared to come back for demolition, with the same attitude as last night. How could anyone swallow this indignation? Thinking of this, the villagers, armed with various tools, fortified the village entrance, determined not to let these people in to tear down the houses.

"Why can’t you be reasoned with? Do you really want us to forcibly demolish before you’d be happy? Comrades, clear the entrance for me, let’s drive the machinery in!" Li Dahe, seeing the villagers of Lin Family Village acting this way, knew that today’s matter definitely couldn’t end amicably. Instead of wasting words here, it was better to just take action - besides, the chairman had already promised that morning that if there were any injuries, the company would cover the medical expenses. So what was there to fear? As long as it wasn’t serious injury or death, that was the end of it!

"Make way!"

"Move quickly!"

"Did you hear that? Move quickly!"

...

Hearing leader Li Dahe’s words, the demolition team also took out their prepared tools, each brandishing a metal shovel and rushing towards the village entrance. The operators of the machinery had also started the engines, eager to move forward. From past experience, as long as the houses were demolished, it didn’t matter how much noise was made.

"Get lost!"

"If you move any further, I’ll take action!"

"So you think you’re the only one with a shovel?"

...

Seeing that the demolition team was about to get serious, the villagers swung their tools in hand, resolved to stop the other side from entering the village at all costs. They’d rather have a repeat of last night’s fight than let these individuals destroy the village—which would be completely ruined if that happened!

Lin Feng saw the situation and shook his head. The way things were going, there would be no good outcome today. With the demolition team being so aggressive, there might be trouble ahead. He thought of a way to prevent the villagers from being at a disadvantage, and with that, he attempted to move forward.

"Brother Lin Feng, you can’t go out there. It’s too dangerous upfront, how can you just go out like that!" Lin Jie saw Lin Feng moving forward and reacted first, immediately grabbing hold of him. With tools and shovels flying everywhere, how could she let Brother Lin Feng go out there? It was far too dangerous!